. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^^^^j&'>^i*iv^% VoJ. VIII. No. 6. NO. 508 XIONTGOMKBY STREKT. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1886. The Oakland Trotting Park. The present opportunity to purchase the Oakland Trotting Park is so important to the turf interests of California, that it cannot be passed by without another effort on onr part to secure it for the purpose it is so admirably adapted. The chance now is much better than heretofore, as under the present condition of affairs the whole of the Wiard property can be bought for little more than the portion embraced in the track is
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^^^^j&'>^i*iv^% VoJ. VIII. No. 6. NO. 508 XIONTGOMKBY STREKT. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1886. The Oakland Trotting Park. The present opportunity to purchase the Oakland Trotting Park is so important to the turf interests of California, that it cannot be passed by without another effort on onr part to secure it for the purpose it is so admirably adapted. The chance now is much better than heretofore, as under the present condition of affairs the whole of the Wiard property can be bought for little more than the portion embraced in the track is worth. The chance to get it now lies in purchas- ing the "equity of ; The property was sold a few days ago by the sheriff, on the foreclosure of mortgage to Judge Mee, for a little less than $85,000. It embraces, in addition to what is shown in the plat, all the land lying between Horton street and the railway, and, with the excep- tion of two acres sold to the Judson Manufacturing Company, that portion of the place between the railroad and the bay. bilities are strong that very few days would see the project consummated. There can be so little question of the scheme being plausible, that it does not require long statements to prove it. Taking every feature of it into consideration, there is not a locality in the neighborhood of San Francisco that presents so many advantages for track and fair pur- poses. Apart from those which are recognized thero are others of great value; stock can be shipped from nearly all parts of the State and landed within one hundred yards of the entrance gate, and, of course, re-shipped from the same point. The only section which has not this opportunity is the country which is served by the Northern Pacific K. R., and from that the steamers which convey them land in ad- joining slips to the ferry boats. This is important in race and trotting meeting, and to fairs is of vital necessity. When stock can be delivered within a few yar
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